title: Meningitis due to protozoa and helminths.
abstract: This article reviews the microbiology, pathogenesis, epidemiology, clinical manifestations, diagnostic tests, and recent advances in the therapy of protozoan and helminthic infections of the central nervous system, with more emphasis given to protozoan than to helminthic infections.
authors.affiliation: Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Duma
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006373:Helminthiasis; D006801:Humans; D008581:Meningitis / Q000469:parasitology*; D011528:Protozoan Infections